The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact on cinema, television and literature, with the help of filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens.
Main Cast of The Real History of Science Fiction
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The...
Ronald D. Moore
Ronald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek;...
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science...
Anthony Daniels
Anthony Daniels (born 21 February 1946) is an English actor and mime artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 10 Star...
Kenny Baker
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Gale Anne Hurd
Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla...
John Landis
John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for...
Phil Tippett
Phil Tippett is an American filmmaker and multi-award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, specializing...
Richard Dreyfuss
An American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s,...
Neil Gaiman
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Karen Gillan
Karen Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress, director, and screenwriter from Inverness, Scotland. She...
David Tennant
David John Tennant is a Scottish actor known for his roles in Doctor Who, Casanova, Hamlet, Harry Potter and the...
Steven Moffat
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Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best...
Adam Rogers
Kim Stanley Robinson
Charlie Jane Anders
Janet Peoples
Secondary Cast of The Real History of Science Fiction
Peter Weller
Peter Frederick Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. He is best...
Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during...
William Shatner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, singer,...
Nathan Fillion
Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm...
Zoe Saldaña
Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego (born June 19, 1978) is an American actress. Known primarily for her work in science...
Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932 - July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and...
Rick Carter
Rick Carter is an American production designer and art director. He is known for his work in the film Forrest Gump,...
Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright (born 20 April 1949) is an English-born actress who has worked mainly in American film and television.
Joe Dante
Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science...
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director,...
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions,...
Bob Gale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Robert "Bob" Gale (born May 21, 1951) is an American screenwriter...
Rian Johnson
Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the...
Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Beckett in the...
Donald P. Bellisario
Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and...
Owen Paterson
Audrey Niffenegger
Crew of The Real History of Science Fiction
Full backstage crew list →- Released on April 19, 2014